The Centennial State
- State Site: Official Web Site of the State of Colorado
- Capital City:
- Capitol: About the Capitol
- Abbreviations:
- Postal: CO
- Traditional: Colo.
- Admission to Union:
- Ancestry / Genealogy:
- Apartments: Colorado Apartments
- Area: Colorado Geography
- Area Codes: Colorado Area Codes
- Biographies: Notable Coloradans
- Bird:
- Birth Records: Colorado Official Site for Birth and Death Certificates
- Border States:
- Citizens: Colorado Citizens
- Climate: Climatology For Colorado
- Constitution: Colorado Constitution, 38th state to enter the Union.
- County Profile: Colorado Counties
- Courts: Colorado Judicial Branch
- Current Events: Colorado News
- Death Records: Colorado Official Site for Birth and Death Certificates
- Department of: State Government Department and Agency Index
- Driving:
- Economy:
- Agriculture: The most important agricultural products of Colorado are livestock
(beef cattle, sheep) and livestock products (milk). Beef cattle lead the way. Colorado farmers also raise
hogs and poultry. Important field crops are wheat, corn and hay. Beans, grain sorghum, potatoes and
sugar beets are also produced. Apples are the leading fruit crop. Carnations are the most valuable
of the greenhouse and nursery products. [Find out more]
- Manufacturing: Leading manufactured products are scientific instruments (medical
instruments, devices for measuring electric current). Computers and communications equipment
are the leading types of machinery manufactured Colorado. The state's food processing manufacturing
industries (beer brewing, soft drink bottling, meat-packing, and production of animal feed), rank third.
Other manufactured products include electrical equipment (computer components, telephone equipment,
television cameras), fabricated metals (metal doors), leather and leather products (luggage), and paper
(newspaper and business forms).
- Services: Service industries make up the largest portion of Colorado's gross
state product. Community, business and personal services (private health care; hotels and ski resorts;
and engineering, legal services, and software development) rank first. Second is the finance, insurance
and real estate industry. Denver is an important regional bank and finance hub. Wholesale and retail
trade services rank third, providing wholesale trade of automobiles, groceries and mined products with
Denver serving as the distribution center for the Rocky Mountain region. Retail outlets include
automobile dealerships, food stores and restaurants.
- Mining: . Oil, coal, and natural gas are Colorado's chief mined products. Other
mined products include sand and gravel, gold, and molybdenum and, to a lesser degree, copper, lead,
silver, and zinc, granite and limestone.
- Flag:
- Fishing:
- Flower:
- Genealogical Resources:
- Geographic Center: Colorado Geography
- Governor:
- Highest Point: Mt. Elbert, 14,440 feet above sea level.
- Highway Markers: Colorado
- History:
- Hunting:
- Judiciary: Colorado Judicial Branch
- Largest Cities: 10 Largest Cities
- Legislature: Colorado General Assembly
- Library: Colorado State Library
- License Plates: Colorado
- Lottery: Colorado Lottery Winning Numbers
- Lowest Point: Colorado Geography
- Maps: Colorado Maps
- Marriage: Marriage and Divorce
- Media:
- Motor Vehicles: Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles
- Motto:
- Museums: Colorado Museums
- National Forests:
- National Parks: National Parks in Colorado
- Natural Resources: Mineral deposits, a pleasant climate, rich soils, and water are Colorado's
greatest natural resources. Water is precious and water agreements with other states and Mexico control the
amount of water Colorado may use from divert from its major rivers for irrigation.
- Newspapers: Colorado
- Nickname: for Colorado
- Non-transients: Find A Grave
- Online Services:
- Origin of State's name: Colorado
- Political Cartoons: PoliticalCartoons.com
- Population:
- Representatives:
- Road Side America: Colorado
- Senior Citizens: Government Services for Senior Citizens
- Song: Where the Columbines Grow
- State Parks: Colorado State Parks
- State Quarter: Colorado
- Symbols: Colorado Symbols
- Tax Forms:
- Topography: State Topography Image: Colorado
- Travel:
- Tree: Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)
- Unclaimed Funds: Unclaimed Property
- Veteran Affairs: Division of Veterans Affairs
- Vital Records: Certificates and Vital Records
- Weather:
- Web Cams: Colorado Webcams
- Zip Codes:
- Zoos:
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